Research exercise - Old people and Technology

What do we need to write an article about old people and technology?

• Facts and figures
• Angle
• Old person representative
• Spam?
• Businesses that deal with older people
• Charity groups
• Pressure groups
• Organisations for older people

Here's some research from the lesson:

• Just 28% of people over the age of 65 have home internet access, compared to a UK average of 57% of households. - Ofcom (Taken from BBC)

• Boomertown.com - for older aged people.

• http://www.eons.com/blogs/entry/760676 - Blog taken from Eons.com - 62 year old male talking about his troubles with computers. (to contact, will have to private message him, which means joining the network)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxyOAt8AbIQ - a youtube video about old people vs. technology (2007)

• http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/content.aspx?nid=7166 - an article about a professor using satellite technology to make older people more independent. (2007)

• Find old people who hate the internet - relatives or contacts.

• 68 woman 'diane' - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=64555346 (can contact via private messaging)